CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

HP Omen PCs that assist in high-end gaming are hitting the news headlines for all wrong reasons. SentinelLabs argues that HP Omen PC makers received an alert from its side on February 16th this year and it publicly acknowledged it by giving it a 7.8 score, tagging it as a highly severe flaw.

Manufacturing 100

Manufacturing Software Cybersecurity 100

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The tech giant also revealed that the botnet operators have so far compromised around 1 million Windows PCs around the world, with over a thousand of machines added daily.

Cryptocurrency 105

Cryptocurrency Government Internet Internet 105

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

To solve the problems Dell SupportAssist interacts with the Dell Support website and automatically detect Service Tag or Express Service Code of Dell product. The vulnerability affects the following Dell versions: • Dell for business PCs version 2.1.3 or earlier • Dell for home PCs version 3.4 or earlier.

Hacking 83

Hacking Software Advertising Authentication 83

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Google announced to have disrupted the Glupteba botnet, a huge infrastructure composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs worldwide. The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimate that the Glupteba botnet is currently composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world.

Backups 111

Backups Advertising Accountability Malware 111

Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Spur.us , a startup that tracks proxy services, told KrebsOnSecurity that the Internet addresses Lumen tagged as the AVrecon botnet’s “Command and Control” (C2) servers all tie back to a long-running proxy service called SocksEscort. SocksEscort[.]com com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service.

Malware 203

Malware VPN Internet Internet 203

Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

While sinkholing doesn’t clean up infected systems, it can prevent the attackers from continuing to harvest data from infected PCs or sending them new commands and malware updates. “It is possible that an infected computer is beaconing, but is unable to egress to the command and control due to outbound firewall restrictions.”

DNS 258

DNS Penetration Testing Malware Hacking 258

SecureList

JUNE 1, 2021

Closing out the ranking of countries where children preferred to spend time watching videos on PCs were the Russian Federation (41.08%), Kazakhstan (40.14%) and Great Britain (40.12%). At the same time, nowadays mobile phones are used much more often than PCs, so to get a complete picture we must consider the statistics for mobile apps.

Mobile 82

Mobile Internet Internet Software 82